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. 2018 Jul;154(1):229-231.
doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2018.03.028.

Survival After an ICU Hospitalization for Pulmonary Hypertension

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Survival After an ICU Hospitalization for Pulmonary Hypertension

Vickram Tejwani et al. Chest. 2018 Jul.
No abstract available

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Post-MICU discharge survival in our cohort compared with matched patients without MICU admission during the study period. Patients admitted to the MICU had a 1- and 2-year survival rates of 48.3% and 42.0%, respectively, compared with 96.5% and 91.31% (hazard ratio, 7.79; 95% CI, 3.68-16.49). MICU = medical ICU.

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